loot
looht
- n goods or money obtained illegally
- n informal terms for money
- v take illegally; of intellectual property
- v steal goods; take as spoils
During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners
- The accused: Imelda Marcos, widow of the exiled Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, charged with helping him loot $220 million from their country's treasury.
- These mostly were driven by Iraqi soldiers bugging out from Kuwait City, carrying along staggering loads of loot and Kuwaiti civilians apparently to be used as hostages; the .
- Consider, for instance, the brazen criminality of Conyers, who once ordered a bagman to "get my loot" from a shakedown target.